(By KREPON) Secretary of State John Kerry is headed for the subcontinent, where his most important messages will be delivered in private and his public remarks will be as bland as possible. That’s how the game is played. Don’t expect U.S. officials to say much in public about nuclear issues or the pathways to confrontation . . . → Read More: Not much said on South Asia

The growing warming up of Indian Muslims to BJP with the beginning of Modi-era is surely a watershed development in Indian politics.That the alleged “pseudo-secularism” of Congress is going to be relegated to the well-deserved place in the museum seems to be a forgone conclusion. In fact, the long pending accusation on the part of . . . → Read More: Failed by Congress, Indian Muslims try BJP

(By Tariq Khosa) Hard talk is one thing but tall claims should be made carefully. “Daish will not be allowed in Pakistan and Afghanistan,” said our army chief during a week of military diplomacy in the US recently.

U.S. President Barack Obama accepted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s invitation on Friday to be the guest of honor at India’s 66th Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2015 in New Delhi (WSJ,Reuters, NDTV). Modi — @narendramodi — tweeted: “This Republic Day, we hope to have a friend over… invited President Obama to be the . . . → Read More: 24th Nov 2014 – Foreign Policy updates

PM Narendra Modi faced a hostile welcome during his first visit to India’s Muslim-majortiy state of Kashmir. The trip also comes amid calls to revoke the region’s special status, as India analyst Sumit Ganguly tells DW.

February 5, 2012 Headline of the day: ‘Books not bombs at Pakistan Literature Festival’

Oh joy.

The Karachi Literature Festival is Kamran’s wet dream. Every year, we basically stop work for two days and Kamran sends off the entire newsroom to the festival to report on who wore what and who’s writing what. His idea . . . → Read More: Saba Imtiaz’s “Karachi you are killing me”

[Bismillahnews.in -06-01-14-New Delhi-Sohail Siddiqui] Sahara Group the RSS tool to aid state Oppression on Indian Muslim masses through Urdu Newspapers [Urdu Daily Rashtriya Sahara from 10 cities] and Tv Channel suffered a drastic set back when Aalami Samay Tv Channel in late night live show on [Current events]Urdu Halaat e Hazra held a panel discussion . . . → Read More: Secular India’s death grip on Indian Occupied Kashmir